lyceum movement, early form of organized adult education, of widespread popular appeal in the northeastern and midwestern United States. The first lyceum was founded in 1826 in Millbury, Massachusetts, by Josiah Holbrook, a teacher and lecturer.

What were the goals of the Lyceum movement?

Formed in 1826 by teacher Josiah Holbrook, the Lyceum movement was a system of mutual adult education in which people came together as communities to present lectures, listen, and learn from one another. It quickly gained popularity, spreading across New England and even into the western states.

What was a lyceum history?

Lyceum, Athenian school founded by Aristotle in 335 bc in a grove sacred to Apollo Lyceius. Owing to his habit of walking about the grove while lecturing his students, the school and its students acquired the label of Peripatetics (Greek peri, “around,” and patein, “to walk”).